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The very first sentence of the article disproves your claims. It has nothing to do with caffeine, blue screens, or artificial lights. It's the first sentence!
by freddie_mercury 4y ago
The very first sentence of the article disproves your claims.
It has nothing to do with caffeine, blue screens, or artificial lights.
It's the first sentence!!
"On dry nights, the San hunter-gatherers of Namibia often sleep under the stars. They have no electric lights or new Netflix releases keeping them awake. Yet when they rise in the morning, they haven’t gotten any more hours of sleep than a typical Western city-dweller who stayed up doom-scrolling on their smartphone."
- thenerdhead 4y agoWhile there’s an argument about hours, there’s also quality of sleep. Especially REM and Non-REM. It’s still a very interesting comparison.
- simonh 4y agoThat still doesn't explain why people sleep less.
- pie42000 4y agoYes it does. Modern humans have so many more things to do than hunter gatherers or monkeys. Monkeys can't engage in cocaine fueled raves til 6am, work the night shift at a nuclear plant, or pull an all-nighter to pass their organic chemistry mid term. They can't stay awake till 4am watching anime.
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- ben_w 4y agoWhich of those things is done by “San hunter-gatherers of Namibia” when they sleep under the stars?